Begin at the beginning

I'm creating this for me and my needs.  While I think my needs are simple, and similar to many others; trying to follow what others have already created doesn't always work for me.
My goals:

1. Have an available list of recipes in one place that I can easily search.
2. With those recipes, plan weekly, and monthly meals to save money, time, and lose weight/be healthier.
3. Track successes and failures with new recipes, and tweaks made to perfect other recipe versions

I often find myself overwhelmed when trying to plan a menu.
If you're coming here for answers, I'm sorry, not even sure if this will work for me.
I'm hoping over time, I'll have a workable list of entries that I can easily reference. Without too many trials and errors.

And I'll probably moan and complain a bit, and at least list my goals to help me remember and stay focused.

Wishing myself luck